Tag: Georgia

What else but a chicken wedding for one of the most beautiful and unlikely love stories of the year?! So, you say you’ve never been to a chicken wedding? Erin Bankston of Acworth, Georgia knew she needed to change that as she watched a beautiful love story hatch right before her animal loving heart. Bankston writes on Facebook this love story began in May 2017. A friend phoned her up after finding a chicken by the side of the road.

Tyler Perry was trying to be an anonymous Santa Superstar producer, director, writer, actor Tyler Perry was trying to be an anonymous Santa. He’s successful at so much. Playing Santa and staying under the radar, not so much. Perry reached out to two Walmart stores in the Atlanta area and paid off $434,000 in Christmas layaway accounts. Perry confessed on his Twitter feed and told the lucky folks what they need to go do next. I was trying to do

Some people just know how to give, even after their gone. That’s what one teacher has shown with her last wish. Tammy Waddell of Cumming, Georgia lived life with a passion. She believed every child deserved an opportunity to learn. Fox5Atlanta reports Waddell kept that passion alive even after she passed away earlier this month from cancer. Waddell’s final wish–a beautiful “in lieu of flowers” request. Instead, Waddell asked that her loved ones fill the church at her funeral with

Sisters Maddie and Bailey have spent the last few years in foster care. Their aunt, Lynn, has fought long and hard trying to get custody. She was constantly told she lived in the wrong county. After two years, Lynn finally accepted this wasn’t going to happen. Her youngest daughter had just moved out, ready to take on the world. Two weeks later, the phone call came. Lynn couldn’t believe who and what was on the way. The gifts just keep

A group of inmates on a work crew in Georgia saw an incredible opportunity appear as they cleaned up a cemetery in Polk County. The lone guard who was supervising them fell over with a heart attack. You might think it was there opportunity to escape. After all, there was just them, the fallen guard and the open road. Instead, 11Alive.com says these six inmates banded together to save the man’s life. Instead of taking off or doing further harm

When most teenagers might focus on getting a ton of likes on social media, Mary Pat Hector dreams of getting votes to elect her to city council. Talk about a motivated young woman. Mary Pat is 19 and a sophomore at Spellman College in Decatur, Georgia. She set her sights on running for city council in the newly-created city of Stonecrest, Georgia. Hooray for her, yes? A young person getting involved in changing the world. Her potential opponent in the